It’s been a couple of weeks since our last message. A ton has happened in the mean time. I will jump directly to the praise and prayer reports. I hope this message finds all of you well.

• The Austin trip to the Vibrant Dance of Faith and Science was challenging in many ways. I think most important thing that came out of it for Jonathan was that he was able to see that even really smart and educated people not only follow Jesus but have logical reasons why. I believe he also saw the limitation of science to explore some types of truth. Still, I appreciate your prayers. My heart aches with the stuff he is struggling with. I was once there. I trust in God’s grace and I understand what he needs to work through this himself and this is normal as a child grows into an adult and my role becomes one more of coach than player, but it still hurts sometimes.
• The Fall festival at Christ Church Assembly of God was wonderful as 20 of us (Americans and international students) volunteered at this event. The students were truly amazed by it. One Chinese student was amazed that someone other than the government sponsored something like this for the community. He was touched. We have learned that in China volunteerism is in its infant stages and so this was a paradigm shifting activity for them.
• Space weekend in Houston was probably our best yet. We took 50+ students and volunteers from UTA & SMU and we were hosted by our ISI team in Houston and Seabrook United Methodist Church. After visiting the space center, we were able to take pictures with an astronaut who spent more than a year up in the space station and then the students stayed with host families. I had the privledge of driving an Indian, two Russian, one Mexican and one Turkish students. They had a wonderful time! By the end of trip, there was sadness to leave their host families and I really felt like the people in our car were like family to us. God clearly spoke to them to show them his love for them.
• The T4T discipleship group at TCU has started and we have met three times already (on Fridays). To see what God is going in the hearts of the different members of the group.  It has been a real blessing. Further I am learning so much that can be applied to future groups.
• Pray for the HUGE thanksgiving party this Saturday, November 20 at the UTA BSM hosted by Fielder Road Baptist Church for the UTA international students. Pray for great connections between people and the students.
• Pray for TCU’s Thankgiving event hosted by McKinney Memorial Bible church also on the 20th as the students visit various homes.
• Pray for Thanksgiving day itself as various students will be visiting home (including 4 at ours) and more than 30 at the Moores.
• One of our student families had a HUGE family loss. I can’t share more but please pray for them as they grieve.

Students and Host Families Listening to the Astronaut

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